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Councilor Em Ang (center) who authored the fuel subsidy ordinance.*SP photoGood news for tricycle drivers in Bacolod City, they will receive a one-time P1,000 fuel subsidy from the local government.This, after members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod passed on final reading Wednesday, August 17, the ordinance providing fuel subsidy  for all tricycles for hire with an existing valid franchise issued by the city government that was authored by Councilor Em Ang.The subsidy will benefit 5,610 tricycle drivers in the city, she added.Ang said this will provide the tricycle drivers a temporary relief prices of fuel recently soared to a record high.The national government through the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has provided fuel subsidy to jeepney dri...

A restaurant delivered these to the Bacolod City Government Center on Wednesday, that turned out to be a fake order.*PIO photoA restaurant that delivered food to the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) on Wednesday, August 17, was scammed through a fake order.It turned out that nobody had ordered food to be delivered to the BCGC.The order included oysters, fish, rice and other dishes worth about P12,000.In the Facebook post of the Bacolod City Public Information Office, it said this is not the first time that someone has delivered food to the BCGC that turned out to be a scam.There was even a time when someone delivered coffee to the government center, but it was a fake order.Authorities warned restaurant owners to call first to confirm first if an order had been ...

Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) in Bacolod City has been awarded the Angels Initiative Gold Status Award by the World Stroke Organization (WSO) and the Accreditation Canada International (ACI).Dr. Julius Drilon, CLMMRH chief, said on Wednesday, August 17, that the hospital’s Section of Neurology of the Department of Internal Medicine would like to thank the World Stroke Organization for the award.Through the ANGELS initiative, we were able to improve quality of care of stroke patients by enhancing the knowledge of the stroke team to recognize strokes early and subsequently decrease disability through timely thrombolysis, Drilon said.“This recognition is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the whole CLMMRH community from the management, ...

Mayor Ella Garcia Yulo inspecting the fissures in Sitio Manaol, Barangay Quintin Remo in Moises Padilla.*Mayor Ella Garcia Yulo is asking the secretary of the Department of Science and Technology to send a geologist to Sitio Manaol, Barangay Quintin Remo in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, to assess the extent of the danger posed by new fissures or cracks in the ground seen in the area.Garcia, in her letter to DOST Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. on Wednesday, August 17, said she is asking for his help to guide them in their plans to ensure the safety of residents.They want to know if the area should be declared a “no man’s zone”, she said.Garcia said on August 10 after several days of raining residents reported new fissures, liquefaction, and landslides in different parts o...

A scene of the accident in Murcia town, Negros Occidental.*Murcia PNP photoA soldier died when his motorcycle rear-ended a tricycle at Barangay Iglau-an, Murcia town, Negros Occidental, Wednesday night, August 17.The victim was identified as Corporal Christian Pelongco who was assigned at the 303rd Infantry Brigade that is based in Murcia. He was on his way to work when he met the accident.Capt. Marc Joeil Reclamado, town police chief, said that the victim’s speeding motorcycle bumped into a tricycle it was tailing after it slowed down.The soldier was taken to a hospital but he died due to the impact of the crash.The tricycle driver, meanwhile, was detained by the Murcia police.*

Aurelio Gerardo “Bodie” Valderrama Jr. says he stands by his integrity and the truth.*CPG photoThe planters’ representative on the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) Board on Tuesday, August 16, said he leaves the decision on whether he should step down to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. amid calls for his resignation.“I will wait for the instructions of the president, I believe that I did not do anything wrong,” said Aurelio Gerardo “Bodie” Valderrama Jr. , one the signatories of the controversial Sugar Order No. 4 that would have allowed the importation of 300,000 metric tons of sugar.Valderrama said he was appointed to the SRA Board by the president two weeks ago, he did not ask for the position but was recommended by planters and millers’ groups.“I did not seek the ap...

Hermenegildo Serafica said: "I performed the functions of my office consistent with, or within the bounds of the law“.Malacañang has accepted the resignation of Administrator Hermenegildo Serafica of the Sugar Regulatory Administration, who was one of four signatories of the controversial Sugar Order No. 4 that would have allowed the importation of 300,000 metric tons of sugar.The Sugar Board importation order was revoked by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for being issued “without his authority and approval”.Serafica is the third member of the SRA Sugar Board who has resigned.“In behalf of president   Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., I wish to inform you that your resignation has been accepted, effective immediately,” Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez said in a letter ...

Rep. Juliet Marie Ferrer (2nd from right) at the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms hearing on Tuesday*Rep. Juliet Marie Ferrer (Neg. Occ., 4th District) said the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms voted 12-2  on Tuesday, August 16, to postpone the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) from Dec. 5, 2022, to Dec. 4, 2023.Ferrer,  committee vice chairperson, authored House Bill 00121 seeking the postponement of the BSKE to May 2023.There were 31 bills filed for the postponement of the BSKE polls to dates ranging from May 2023, October 2023, December 2023, May 2024, October 2024, and December 2025, she said.The bills were consolidated   and a common date was agreed on, Ferrer said.Commission on Elections chairman Ge...